Bottled water, gallon water

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rheann

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I have a tank all nicely set up. it's a 10 gallon just right for one baby for now. Haven't purchased the baby yet. I was wondering though, instead of going through all the steps of purifying the water my self, would it be safe to buy filtered water by the gallon? We drink a lot of bottled water, its so pure. It could get expensive, but i would be willing to do it a couple of times during water changes. Does anyone have any impute on this? I want my Axie to be as healthy and as happy as he can be. please post or email me at ruga_lapis_valcre@yahoo.com
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Please if anyone can let me know. it would be most helpful.
 
I think it's safer to just buy a water dechlorinating/deaminating agent to add when doing water changes. I'm not sure exactly what minerals or residual chemicals may be left in so-called pure water. Theres not that many steps to adding good water, just add a few drops of a de-chlorinator in the right quantities as you add water - that's it! Easy. Have a look at www.axolotl.org if you haven't already, theres lots of good stuff on that site.
 
bottled water will also probably be 'soft'. They'll have removed calcium and magnesium salts during the purification process. Axolotls thrive in hard water.

Also, there are very few regulations on what's sold as 'bottled' water. Some of them are actually from municiple water supplies. You could be drinking water bottled straight out of the tap in Memphis Tennessee.
 
I do have a water pump. I just thought because tap water had chlorine it is and I thought maybe California water wasn't that good. I live in the city. I lived in Montana my whole life until recently, so i grew up on well water that didn't contain chlorine in it. I have a great little filter that works just fine and i use it. I was just thinking that some bottled water companies may have cleaner water than the tap, so i guess i assumed it would be healthier for the Axolotls, though i haven't tried it yet.
 
Our water is very hard. The water I had in Montana was so very soft, there was even hardly any water pressure most of the time. Thanks guys for your impute.
 
I read somewhere that you should put a bucket of tap water out for several days and let all the Chlorine evaporate out and then add Dechlorinater to the water. I was doing this, it seemed effective. I hate the water here, it smells so strongly of Chlorine.
 
Water being "hard" or "soft" refers to the amount of dissolved minerals (calcium, magnesium, etc) - it has nothing to do with how hard the water pressure pushes it out.

Leaving a bucket of water out for a few days is an alternative to using dechlorinating drops. However, if your water has chloramine, not chlorine, you must use the drops because aging won't get rid of it. If you aren't sure whether you have chlorine or chloramine, then using the drops is the safest method. You might also want to let it sit to get the temperature the same as your tank before using it, but it doesn't matter if you add the drops before aging or after.

If you are really worried about the chemicals in city water, you can use water that has been put through a Brita or Pur filter. This gets rid of all chlorine and other impurities, but does not remove the calcium, etc.
 
Call your local municiaplity, and they will be able to tell you whether or not they use chloramine. Make sure you ask about other times of year, because where I am, they only add chloramine in the summer, using regular chlorine the rest of the year.
 
Thanks everyone for being so helpful! Its wonderful. I love to learn about things. Any help is much appreciated!
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